A Mississippi State University student is hoping to make a big splash in the tech pool.

Terrence Williams recently received a scholarship to attend Apple’s annual conference this month in San Francisco.

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“I’ll be working with Apple developers, which is, like, completely amazing,” Williams said.

Williams will show off MSU ingenuity at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.

“A lot of people think you have to go off to Silicon Valley, or some big city, to get tech. But there is tech here in Mississippi,” Williams said.

Apple will share its newest technology during the conference. Williams is among 350 students from all over the world who will get to mingle with the tech giant’s top minds.

Williams got the invitation because of his Bully Walk app, which helps users easily navigate the Starkville campus. The app already has more than 2,000 downloads and has been used more than 10,000 times.

“You will open the app and select your destination,” Williams said. “After selecting your destination, it will route you the whole way from your location to your destination.”

There are a lot of steps that go into making an app. The process can sometimes take up to four or five months. One of the first steps for Williams came at the Mississippi State Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, where he launched his business, Nobility Tech.

“My slogan is, ‘Innovation with purpose,’” Williams said. “Every time I get into the app process, I always think, ‘What would I use and what would I need?’”

Bully Walk is one of many apps that Williams has designed. Through his business, Williams plans to contract his app services to other companies around the world and create new ones. But he wants to keep his roots in his home state.

“Because there’s not much tech and stem involvement here in Mississippi, and I’m trying to change that,” Williams said.